# տատասկ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տատասկ (tatask). Doublet of տատաշ (tataš).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /tɑˈtɑsk/, [tɑtɑ́sk]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /dɑˈdɑsɡ/, [dɑdɑ́sk]

### Noun

տատասկ • (tatask)
* thistle

#### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Probably from a reduplicated Iranian cognate of Middle Persian 𐫤𐫢𐫐 (tšk /⁠tašk⁠/, “thistles”), which is likely from Proto-Iranian *tṛška-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Note the Middle Armenian and dialectal forms with a -շ- (-š-).

### Noun

տատասկ • (tatask)
* puncture vine, caltrop, Tribulus terrestris
** 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʻ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :տիրբոլոս (vars. տիրիսփողոս, տրիոքողու, տիրոբողոս, տրիսբողոս) = տատասկ (vars. տատակ, տատասկն)tirbolos (vars. tirispʻołos, triokʻołu, tirobołos, trisbołos) = tatask (vars. tatak, tataskn)τρίβολος (tríbolos) = tatask
** 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :ասաքոհիճ = եւ կուտք տատասկ (var. տատասկք)asakʻohič = ew kutkʻ tatask (var. tataskkʻ)الشَكُوهَج (aš-šakūhaj) = seed of tatask
* iron-thistle, instrument of torture

#### Derived terms

* տատասկաբեր (tataskaber)
* տատասկածնունդ (tataskacnund)
* տատասկանտառ (tataskantaṙ)
* տատասկացան (tataskacʻan)
* տատասկեալ (tataskeal)

#### Descendants

* Middle Armenian: տատաշկ (tatašk), տատաշ (tataš)
** Armenian: տատաշ (tataš)
** → Georgian: ტატაში (ṭaṭaši)
* → Armenian: տատասկ (tatask)

### References

* ↑ Asatrian, Garnik, Hakobian, Gohar (2018) “On *-d- > -l- and *-š- > -l- in Western New Iranian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 22, number 3, →DOI, page 302
* ↑ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen‎, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 108
* ↑ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 15, page 26
* ↑ Ibn el-Beïthar (1881) Lucien Leclerc, editor, Traité des simples (Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et Autres Bibliothèques; 25) (in French), volume 2, Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, § 1337, page 341
* ↑ Maimonides (1940) Max Meyerhof, editor, Sharḥ asmāʾ al-ʿuqqār : L'explication des noms de drogues : Un glossaire de matière médicale de Maïmonide (in French), Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut française d'archéologie orientale, § 151, pages 74–75

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տատասկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 380ab
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տատասկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “տատասկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 723a
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տատասկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy